keepsake
photo
album

Recycled

Community Voted

Page-Turning Memories

Your memories of life's special moments were never meant to be tucked away in a box or hidden in the digital memory of your camera. It's only when they're available to be explored and enjoyed that your favorite photos get to take on a life of their own.

This standout album doesn't just sit on your shelf. It's a handcrafted, sculptural piece that makes an eye-catching accent on your counter or coffee table, inviting people to come and peruse. The album balances at an angle on a unique, "bent corner" base, which is reinforced internally with aluminum to ensure stability and longevity. Open the book, and you'll find pages die-cut for photographs, in both portrait and landscape layout. An elastic cord holds the book closed when not in use. Set it out where it can be enjoyed, and even when you're not flipping through it with family or guests, you'll have a special reminder of all the treasures inside. Handmade in the USA.

details

Recycled

Community Voted

Item ID

24028

Made from

aluminum,
recycled paper,
book board,
book cloth

Measurements

6.5" L x 9" W x 1" D

Notes

Wipe the covers down with a damp rag if necessary. Holds 48 photographs

the maker

Debra Folz

Debra Folz's creations bridge the worlds of function and art. Whether she's designing furniture, home accessories or gallery pieces for exhibition, she loves to make things that invite the viewer to see familiar things in a new way. She loves to combine unexpected materials--like wrapping wooden stools with ladylike, pleated textiles--or transforming the way we interact with an object--such as a photo album that you open by removing its spine. Folz's work has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, and Dwell, among others. Her studio is located in Boston's historic South End neighborhood, and she leads the Furniture Design Studios at the New England School of Art & Design at Suffolk University.

Q and A

When our community voted on this product, some also shared comments - read them below:

380votes, 48 comments

Cassie, UncommonGoods Community Moderator

This clever Keepsake Photo Album lets you keep your favorite photos in the forefront. Would you store your snapshots in this book?

CarolinaVote: Thumbs down!

Do people really develop pics anymore? Mostly, pics are on your iPhone or computer. Sometimes, if it's a special occasion, you make a Shutterfly book.

ChristineVote: Thumbs up!

Love this! Made in the USA. Woo hoo!

DawnVote: Thumbs up!

I really like the way this item stands up, and the color assortment. I am a scrapbooker, and I'm always behind on scrapbooking, so I look for unique ways to display pictures. I hope it is acid free...very important when storing pictures. I am even wondering if some scrapbooking techniques could be used on the pages.

MelissaVote: Thumbs up!

Nifty!

Tricia

A functional art piece, I love it!

PaigeVote: Thumbs down!

Just can't figure out where I have room for this - much less more than one? odd.

ClaudiaVote: Thumbs down!

A bit too trendy for a keepsake album.

TylerVote: Thumbs down!

Odd

NadiaVote: Thumbs up!

N/A

LVote: Thumbs down!

Odd, who has the space? But great that it's made in the USA!

MariaVote: Thumbs down!

just don't like the look

CarolVote: Thumbs up!

Unique and MADE IN USA!

tearraVote: Thumbs up!

Wish there was a maybe hand.

ThomVote: Thumbs up!

Handmade in USA

patriciaVote: Thumbs up!

would make a nice gift for someone who you don't know what to get them.

MichelleVote: Thumbs up!

Very cool!

TanishaVote: Thumbs up!

Cute display options, pretty color looks durable.

Joann

I love the way this picture book sit's. The different array of colors are superb.

TeresaVote: Thumbs down!

Looks like a nice dust collector- but I like that it is not made in China!

barbVote: Thumbs up!

Fun. For just those special photos that you want visit frequently and it would make your friends and fam "just have to" pick it up.

ElizabethVote: Thumbs up!

Love it! I hate pics on phones, etc. I like to hacve mine printed on quality paper and stored in an album where you can see, touch, feel, etc. A nice warm fuzzy idea...and a pretty color...and best of all - made right here at home. Vintage idea with a modern look.

AnnVote: Thumbs up!

I love the unique visual design, great colors selections and its's Handmade in the USA too! I would buy several!!!

ScotVote: Thumbs up!

Books are the new "development" in photography because computer screens are not the best way to view pictures. So as books become more the norm this is a standout.

DeneaneVote: Thumbs up!

Very cool!

JackieVote: Thumbs down!

No space for it....again, made in China.

MikeVote: Thumbs up!

I really like it. It bothers me that to look at pictures or read a book these days you need electricity to do it.

MaryVote: Thumbs up!

Great design. Encourages people to pick it up and browse. Another idea would be a journal that you could put on each table at a wedding or other event as part of the centerpiece for guest to write in. - eliminates the line at the guestbook

MicheleVote: Thumbs up!

What a great idea! Things get piled on top of each other. This would make the memories stand up and be noticed.

elizabethVote: Thumbs down!

Not overwhelmed...

Mary Kay Vote: Thumbs up!

Being a book artist I love the thought. Clever.

NaomiVote: Thumbs up!

I love this!

DarcyVote: Thumbs down!

It doesn't fit in a bookshelf so when I'm done looking at it...I have to figure out where it goes.

YolandaVote: Thumbs up!

Better to display incase the memories in a way to be inquired about and viewed often than just sitting on a bookshelf!

AmandaVote: Thumbs up!

I love the style of it. The standing position is great too.

GrayceVote: Thumbs up!

I love having printed pictures in albums for easy access and to share with family and friends

noelleVote: Thumbs down!

this is cute but couldn't be stored on a bookshelf - so this would need to be on a coffee table but it's not interesting enough for it to be on a coffeetable...

AliceVote: Thumbs down!

Way to much money unless a gift for VIP.

SusannahVote: Thumbs down!

Takes up too much room especially if you have more than one and it would get knocked over so often in my household that it wouldn't be worth it. I am happy it is made in the USA--keep that up, please!

DaisyVote: Thumbs down!

Practically impractical. At the end of the day, the eventual storage of this item will choose to be difficult. Though I love that it is handmade in the US!

JoeyVote: Thumbs down!

Looks like a neat idea, but I really can't see myself using something like this. I can't remember when I last printed picture.

CindyVote: Thumbs up!

I like it, yes personally I do Send all my picks to Walgreen's get them printed out and put them in albums...call me old fashion, I just think its fun to pull out old albums and reminisce

sheriVote: Thumbs down!

very few pics to share anymore...sad, but true.

sheriVote: Thumbs down!

very few pics to share anymore....everything is done on the computer.sad....but, true.

JulieVote: Thumbs down!

looks like it fell off of a bookcase and broke. Would not buy.

CassyVote: Thumbs down!

It's a little odd...and interesting idea, but I don't think I would really use it...

Carol

No way.

Christen

That's an album worth displaying!

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